Paleogenetic signatures of climate change on Arctic marine ecosystems (PalArc)

The Arctic as we know it is disappearing. Yet, we know surprisingly little about how food webs might cope with the multifaceted changes as baseline data is sparse and adaptive processes, like changing behavior, are hard to model. We will use deep-time marine sedimentary ancient DNA to study the relationships between climate change, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning to ultimately improve the predictability of the future Arctic. The grant will allow the recruitment of two postdocs.